GLOBALISATION
WE LIVE IN AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD
Globalisation. You´re living it!!!
Globalisation. Good or bad? Write down the cons and pros.
Let´s think about it.
Different Trading Opportunities
Selling goods and services in a more open world market should bring more money into a country, but it depends what you are selling, and whether you have the resources, infrastructure and technology to take advantage of the new market conditions. Today, the poorest 10% of the world's population take part in less than 0.5% of the world's trade. Many lack the technology, infrastructure and manufacturing base to compete with companies in the developed world.
http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_summer/focuson/index.html
The global fashion industry and the sugar trade.
Fair Trade. Every purchase matters.
Take a step for Fair Trade
FAIR TRADE WEBQUEST
THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF TRADE BUT SLAVE TRADE IS THE WORST.
MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY
WALK FREE: END MODERN SLAVERY
WORLD CONFLICTS
RWANDA GENOCIDE
CLICK ON THIS LINK AND READ THE COMIC
"TUGIRE UBUMWE"
http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/education/education.shtml
WORLD CONFLICTS WEBQUEST: MEXICO, SUDAN, SOMALIA. WRITE AN ARTICLE.
http://questgarden.com/108/98/8/110228155657/index.htm
CHILDREN SOLDIERS
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/childsoldiers/webquest/
ETHNICITY
THE CHANGING STATE OF US ETHNICITY
The Economist reports on
how immigrants help both the
countries they leave and those to which they move.
The story of Human Rights
Nelson Mandela will never be forgotten.
The prominent political leader, whose life-long work to end apartheid in his native South Africa and subsequent election as the country's first black president made him an icon and furthermore, a global symbol of peace and social change, died Thursday, December 5th, the government of South Africa confirmed. He was 95.
According to reports, Mandela died from complications due a recurring lung infection. He had been hospitalized since June 8.
SING FOR MADIBA
On 29 May 2012, thousands of South Africans gathered at Nelson Mandela
Square in Sandton to record a birthday tribute song ahead of Nelson
Mandela's 94th birthday on 18 July.
Click on this link to discover more facts about Nelson Mandela, the political situation in South Africa, Apartheid, civil rights, freedom.....
Try to answer this question: How can a country choose between democracy or civil war?
THE STATE AND THE NATION
What is the difference between the idea of state and the idea of nation?
While you watch this presentation draw the same mind map in your notebook; then draw a similar mind map about a state of your choice and the nations within that state.
By James A. Paul
Nations and States - What's the difference?(July 1996)
The UN is composed of "member states" but the organization itself is called the United Nations.
Nations and states may seem identical, but they aren't. And the
distinction is more than purely academic. "States" govern a territory
with boundaries. They have laws, taxes, officials, currencies, postal
services, police and (usually) armies. They wage war, negotiate
treaties, put people in prison and regulate life in thousands of ways.
They claim "sovereignty" within their territory -- a kind of exclusive
jurisdiction that goes back to the rule of kings.
"Nations" by contrast are groups of people claiming common bonds like
language, culture and historical identity. Benedict Anderson calls
them "imagined communities." Some groups claiming to be nations have a
state of their own, like the French, Dutch, Egyptians and Japanese.
Others want a state but do not have one: East Timorese,
Tibetans, Chechnyans and Palestinians for example. Others don't want
statehood but claim and enjoy some autonomy. The Sioux are a nation
within the boundaries of the United States, the Catalan within Spain,
and the Scots within Britain. Each of these nations has its own special
territory, rights, laws and culture. But not statehood.
Some imagined nations are larger than states or cross
state boundaries. The "Arab nation" embraces more than a dozen states,
while the nation of the Kurds takes in large chunks of four states.
There can be sharp differences about the legitimacy
of states and nations, both within and outside of their territory.
Nations may be "imagined communities," but they are not imagined in the
same way by everybody.
United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces are groups of soldiers who help keep peace in places of conflict. Most of the time they are observers or soldiers who don’t have so many weapons. Normally, they try to keep the enemies away from each other.
The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces are groups of soldiers who help keep peace in places of conflict. Most of the time they are observers or soldiers who don’t have so many weapons. Normally, they try to keep the enemies away from each other.
ARTICLES IN EASY UNDERSTANDABLE ENGLISH FOR LEARNERS.
http://www.english-online.at/government/united-nations/un.htm
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Read through this slideshare presentation and write a mind map with the key words.
SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT BY COUNTRY
List of countries by system of government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_system_of_government
Webquest. Governing systems around the world.
http://michelecooke.wordpress.com/government-webquest/
INDUSTRY SECTORS
ECONOMIC SECTORS / BUSINESS SECTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES PRIMARY SECTOR
DRAW A TWO COLUMN TABLE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND SUMMARIZE THE INFORMATION APPEARING IN THIS SLIDESHARE PRESENTATION.
Environmental consequences primary sector from Gines García
FORESTRY
LAND GRABBING AND DEFORESTATION FOR PALM OIL.
WILMAR INTERNATIONAL COMPANY THE LEAST SUSTAINABLE COMPANY.
MINING
IS YOUR IPOD WORTH IT?
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES SECONDARY SECTOR
The production side of business activity is referred as industry. It is a business activity, which is related to the raising, producing, processing or manufacturing of products.
Image Credits © Barrie Caveman.
The products are consumer's goods as well as producer's goods. Consumer goods are goods, which are used finally by consumers. E.g. Food grains, textiles, cosmetics, VCR, etc. Producer's goods are the goods used by manufacturers for producing some other goods. E.g. Machinery, tools, equipments, etc.
Expansion of trade and commerce depends on industrial growth. It represents the supply side of market.
There are various types of industries. These are mentioned as follows :-
Primary industry is concerned with production of goods with the help of nature. It is a nature-oriented industry, which requires very little human effort. E.g. Agriculture, farming, forestry, fishing, horticulture, etc.
Genetic industries are engaged in re-production and multiplication of certain spices of plants and animals with the object of sale. The main aim is to earn profit from such sale. E.g. plant nurseries, cattle rearing, poultry, cattle breeding, etc.
Extractive industry is concerned with extraction or drawing out goods from the soil, air or water. Generally products of extractive industries come in raw form and they are used by manufacturing and construction industries for producing finished products. E.g. mining industry, coal mineral, oil industry, iron ore, extraction of timber and rubber from forests, etc.
Manufacturing industries are engaged in transforming raw material into finished product with the help of machines and manpower. The finished goods can be either consumer goods or producer goods. E.g. textiles, chemicals, sugar industry, paper industry, etc.
Construction industries take up the work of construction of buildings, bridges, roads, dams, canals, etc. This industry is different from all other types of industry because in case of other industries goods can be produced at one place and sold at another place. But goods produced and sold by constructive industry are erected at one place.
In modern times service sector plays an important role in the development of the nation and therefore it is named as service industry. The main industries, which fall under this category, include hotel industry, tourism industry, entertainment industry, etc.
Textiles environmental impacts
FORESTRY
BRAZIL. CHRONOLOGICAL VIDEO ABOUT
DEFORESTATION
WHAT IS DEFORESTATION?
PALM OIL IS AN INGREDIENT WE USE IN THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTS WE USE EVERYDAY.
WILMAR INTERNATIONAL COMPANY THE LEAST SUSTAINABLE COMPANY.
MINING
IS YOUR IPOD WORTH IT?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT COLTAN MINING?
PAYING THE PRIZE FOR GOLD MINING WITH MERCURY
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES SECONDARY SECTOR
What is Industry ? Meaning ↓
The production side of business activity is referred as industry. It is a business activity, which is related to the raising, producing, processing or manufacturing of products.
The products are consumer's goods as well as producer's goods. Consumer goods are goods, which are used finally by consumers. E.g. Food grains, textiles, cosmetics, VCR, etc. Producer's goods are the goods used by manufacturers for producing some other goods. E.g. Machinery, tools, equipments, etc.
Expansion of trade and commerce depends on industrial growth. It represents the supply side of market.
Classification / Types of Industries
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There are various types of industries. These are mentioned as follows :-
1. Primary Industry
Primary industry is concerned with production of goods with the help of nature. It is a nature-oriented industry, which requires very little human effort. E.g. Agriculture, farming, forestry, fishing, horticulture, etc.
2. Genetic Industry
Genetic industries are engaged in re-production and multiplication of certain spices of plants and animals with the object of sale. The main aim is to earn profit from such sale. E.g. plant nurseries, cattle rearing, poultry, cattle breeding, etc.
3. Extractive Industry
Extractive industry is concerned with extraction or drawing out goods from the soil, air or water. Generally products of extractive industries come in raw form and they are used by manufacturing and construction industries for producing finished products. E.g. mining industry, coal mineral, oil industry, iron ore, extraction of timber and rubber from forests, etc.
4. Manufacturing Industry
Manufacturing industries are engaged in transforming raw material into finished product with the help of machines and manpower. The finished goods can be either consumer goods or producer goods. E.g. textiles, chemicals, sugar industry, paper industry, etc.
5. Construction Industry
Construction industries take up the work of construction of buildings, bridges, roads, dams, canals, etc. This industry is different from all other types of industry because in case of other industries goods can be produced at one place and sold at another place. But goods produced and sold by constructive industry are erected at one place.
6. Service Industry
In modern times service sector plays an important role in the development of the nation and therefore it is named as service industry. The main industries, which fall under this category, include hotel industry, tourism industry, entertainment industry, etc.
Textiles environmental impacts
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